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Flights grounded amid thick smog in Beijing
Extremely high pollution levels shrouded eastern China for the second time in two weeks today, forcing airlines in Beijing and elsewhere to cancel flights because of poor visibility and prompting government warnings for residents to stay indoors. (www.irishexaminer.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Flying into LAX in 1968, I remember crossing over the ring of mountains surrounding the city. Before crossing, you could just about see every rock and blade of grass. After, well, awful yellow-green smog. What we ARE exporting is our pollution.
Yes, let us not only send them our smog technology for a very inflated price but stop buying from any of the coal pollution belching countries.
Maybe we should all consume less. And stop sending our Manu. Needs to coal burning countries. What, do you think by burning it in a windy area it escapes our nasal passages? It still pollutes the atmosphere.
In California people on the coast have dust from coal smoke in China.
In California people on the coast have dust from coal smoke in China.
Maybe we should all consume less. And stop sending our Manu. Needs to coal burning countries. What, do you think by burning it in a windy area it escapes our nasal passages? It still pollutes the atmosphere.In California people on the coast have dust from coal smoke in China.
The interesting part is that this will not get any better with the new airport to the South of Beijing. They are trapped by their topography with mountains to the North and East; without wind it just sits there.
Their only real industrial hope beyond pollution controls is to relocate the worst offenders to the South and Southwest, but they have to find a better source of energy for the homes of Beijing that burn brown coal for heat and cooking. On a cold day every home is belching the brown smoke so characteristic of the smog and without wind, it just sits there. The air is both irritative and allergenic from first hand exposure.
Their only real industrial hope beyond pollution controls is to relocate the worst offenders to the South and Southwest, but they have to find a better source of energy for the homes of Beijing that burn brown coal for heat and cooking. On a cold day every home is belching the brown smoke so characteristic of the smog and without wind, it just sits there. The air is both irritative and allergenic from first hand exposure.
and we have ninnies running around our country saying we have the filthiest air on the planet...